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Invisible Cities

Purpose? -- criticism of mankind
Leandra -- Lares and the Penates fit our society
Psychological -- society, not personal.
Dialogue -- questioning existence and dialogue are connected
Philosophy -- the book doesn't provide any answers
Leonia = Reality -- Leonia fits our society perfectly
Connections -- Streets are flawed, people are flawed
The cities' affect on the visiter -- helps to understand mankind
Mirrors -- people are recognizing their actions
Dark City -- connections to the novel
A whole novel like this? -- We'll still be interested at the end
What is this? -- Defending myself from JHe and saying it's a novel
The people -- You can't move the citizens
I know there's a deeper meaning -- This city may mean depression or insanity
Ceasing to See -- it's not a criticism

The Elegy and Pastoral

The Tornado -- it counts as a pastoral
What is a pastoral? -- oh my, I agreed with JHe
The nature of the pastoral -- they aren't simple
Gender specified vehicles? -- feminist rant
From the Porch -- embracing the future
City poems -- can't understand the message of the poem
Remembered Morning -- speaking in the present tense makes sense
Fog -- Fog is confusion
Ave Maria -- What is the message here?
Poetry in General -- Free verse is the best
The Bear -- If it were a short story, it would be too literal
Move -- this was one of the best poems we've read
Media Coverage -- we are sensitized because of the media
Nature -- it's hard to define nature

Long Day's Journey into Night

Parallels -- unlike anything else we've read
Do dreams die with marriage? -- there's a connection
Drunken Babble -- Jamie was telling Edmund the truth
Oh boy, another Oedipus reference -- O'Neil's family history
The Journey -- Many happenings in only one day make a journey
Walking on egg shells -- Lack of communication in the family
The Movie -- reading the play is better
True Love? -- They are in love, just don't communicate well enough
The Title -- it really is a journey
Stage Directions -- they were very helpful to the reader and the actor
Trust -- they should have communicated better with one another
Unlearn a Lesson -- people don't bother to try to change
What makes a good ending? -- The ending was realistic and adequate

External Links

Carmel Catholic
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